While driving around a bend in the road this morning the passenger side door flew open – needless to say, it was a shocker! We stopped and tried to fix the problem, but the car door won’t close or stay shut.
The first thing that came to mind was a child safely lock, but those are only in the back doors, not the front. I thought perhaps the door had froze, but after thawing the car out in the garage I was still left with the same problem.
I then called the dealer and was told that people calls regularly complaining that their car door won’t close and that there is a very easy solution.
The solution is: Unlock the door, pull on the door handle and while pulling, move the latch to it’s original position; you’ll see a hole – simply stick a screwdriver or pen in there and pull forward.
That’s it – simple and easy solution to fixing a door that won’t shut.
Well that was simple, took all of 5 seconds… thanks!
Wow! This happened to both doors on my Mom’s van at the same time and THANKS to you I fixed them for her. God Bless You!
Wow thank you ever so much! I accidentally slammed my seat belt in my door last night and have been worried ever since. Car door lights on dash, door and overhead constantly on, I was worried about my battery draining. I had an appointment to have this fixed tomorrow because my car wouldn’t lock at all. Whew tried this with my fingernails and it’s instantly fixed! A million thanks
Thank you so much, my car door wouldn’t close and this worked like a charm :D
Thanks! I had it happen to BOTH doors and I was going nuts. I had the car running for an hour with the heater blasting, then put WD-40 everywhere I thought might help, then De Icing fluid on the handles, keyholes, and latch mechanism. I had a screwdriver out there and was trying to manipulate that latch every way I could think of, to no avail. After giving up, I happened to click the 2nd link on the google search, which was this one. Heh…. never once did I hold out on the door handle , while I was doing it, though. Boy I feel dumb. Needless to say, after I read this, both doors closed easily.
OMG! thank you so much your post helped, I love the internet :)
You are a life savior !! God bless
It’s snowing outside and my mother-in-law needed to borrow my car and she quickly came inside telling me my door wouldn’t shut. This has never happened before so after about 20 minutes sitting outside trying to heat up the car thinking it must be frozen or something, I ran inside and googled it and found your solution. Thank-you so much! Without you I’d probably have a blizzard inside my car tonight! <3
Oh,THANK YOU so much!! Thank god for the internet,too! I went to put my cat in the car for vet appointment and door was frozen.Got it open but it wouldn’t close.Went on here and you saved the day!!
Thanks so much ..my fiance thought he would have to drive to work holding the door..lol..thanks agian worked wonders..
Can’t thank you enough!
I was able to help a friend who is on a very tight budget and frustrated with his old car, the door won’t stay shut. Now he can fix this himself when it happens.
OMG!!!! Helped so much! Thought I would have to drive home holding the door!
thank heavens for the internet! It helped me out today!
Thank you so much! My husbad was stuck in a parking lot in the middle of a snow storm and the door wouldnt shut, so I got on line and this is the first site i saw, worked perfect! he thanks you a million times!
Thank you! My fiance just called me from 30 miles out with this problem about a minute ago; I Googled it and got this page. It worked and saved me a trip and some gas! Thanks again.
Thank you for your advice..live in williamsburg va….own a 1986 chevy astro van…..door latch was in closed position…read your posting….fixed after a few minutes……god bless you….on limited retirement funds and this really helped out…..thanks again bill
THANK You sooo much, it helped my hasband and he didnt lose a day off from work to take car to dealership. It worked like a charm, many many thanks..
Hey really appreciated the tip! I had to drive home from the park with two kids in the back while the misses held the door.
Came online and found this YES very simple tip, helped me save money time, power and preventing local thieves from getting inside my car, thanks mate.
My car was a Toyota Vista 1991
New Zealand
Just had this problem with my brother’s car. I was like “Screw it, the interwebs will have a hack for this.” He was skeptical. Thanks to this tip, his door is now closed, and I get to strut around for the rest of the day reveling in the glory of being right. Thank you =)
inside car handle is broken so its not working any ideas?
We were waiting to take the car to the dealer after Christmas, but in the meantime I checked the web and found this site. I can happily report it even worked in Holland! Thank you!
Thank you! I sat outside for about twenty minutes wondering what to do. Angry and frustrated, I said to myself “the INTERNET will know!”
It did! Awesome!
I own the 07 infi G35, i drove the car to work today n it was fine till after work when I open my driver car door n it was ok but I couldn’t lock it after couple try n finally I shut it hard n it close but I couldn’t open it after til now. I have tried many way to open but it useless. Any suggestion?
I have a vivaro van that i use for my water fed pole window cleaning and the sliding door would not shut as the lock had locked. but thanks to your information it now works brilliantly . thanks again for your help.
Chris (Burty Bees Window Cleaning)
Thank you for this post. I went out side to my car to go to work in the morning and my door wouldn’t close. So I messed with it for a while, and couldn’t figure it out, so then I looked at my other door and after messing with it that door wouldn’t close either. I thought, ‘Grrr! is this seriously happening right now.’ I felt defeated.. then I came in to browse the web for a solution I came across this post and felt a huge sigh of relief. This post saved my day. Thank you so much. Such an easy solution. Thank you!
That method works wonders but just curious . what is the reasoning behind the door latch failing. How annoying would it be everytime you got in the car to get your screwdriver and have to mess with the latch. does it stick , is it frozen, need grease, rusted what?
This solution worked quickly and easily so now I don’t have to pay a mechanic.
Thanks to James Maurer and Google!!!
Dude you are a BOSS, worked like a charm, can’t thank you enough
I tried everything, I live in Minnesota and thought it was frozen or something….No matter what I tried the latch wouldn’t budge but when you said to hold the door handle while pulling on the latch it worked first try….thanks, you saved me from more frustration!
this site was helpful for me tonight, i couldn’t close my door what so ever and the trick worked now i don’t i have to worry to much about theft tonight lol
Million thanks from New Zealand
man i was gonna go crazy i found this wonderful website and its like magic…thank u now one day i can help anyone one day..THANK U AGAIN…
OMG!!! It worked like a charm! I was just about to go look at new cars when I googled my problem and this solution came up. My car is 1997 Chevy Cavalier and I figured this was a sign to finally give up on the car. My son tried to fix it last night and couldn’t figure it out. I went downstairs right now and followed the directions here and it worked! Thank you very much!!!!
Thank you Jesus For two days I drove to work with one hand while holding the door with the other hand. This was so simple and easy!
Just wanted to say thanks a bunch! This saved me this morning from having to hold my door shut on the drive to work. This worked like a charm.
Thank you so much! I had to ride to work in the backseat pulling the door shut for 20 min! Found this site on the ride in; once in my work parking lot, this took my brother and I about 20 seconds to fix. Thanks again! :)
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
..from Pasadena, CA.
Like those who said it before… THANK YOU and God Bless from North Idaho!!
Thanks so much, this really helped us fix both our doors!!
Thank YOU!!!! What a relief! I’m so glad i prayed and decided to find something ONE LAST TIME at 12:40am, hours after buying the car. Both doors could not close because it happened to one and i tried to see how it worked in the other and now had 2 doors that didn’t close. Glad i didn’t call on any of my friends to pick me up for work or paid money to get the answer. PHEW!!!!! This single mom thanks you so much! The dealer might have laugh at me! :~(
OMGGGG…Let me add to these hundreds of comments, I too am soo relieved it was that easy…THANKS ALOTTTT
Thanks so much. My daughter was at University and this happened. She spent lots of time trying to get the little metal hook flipped, wouldn’t budge.
The key is “holding the door handle open, while using pen or screwdriver in the hole that is towards the back in the picture, not just trying to flip the metal at the front.
Thanks again,
hi there everybody and james.
it didnot work for me. may be my problem is a little different. my neon’s passenger side door handle doesnot go down. one need to push it down every time. if forgotton door willnot close. thats what happened today when i was driving and on a left turn on signal it was wide open. Thanks God no body got hurt.
any help will be appreciated.
Thank you so much!!! I spent so long trying to flip that latch, thanks for the help!
Thank you thank you! You are helping people all over the world. I too had a curious 4 year old as I was unpacking the groceries! Called my Dad to come over and do it, but while waiting thought I would look on the internet. Needless to say my Dad was impressed when I called him back and said he didn’t have to come! How we all get frustrated when we know it is an easy solution, but can’t figure it out!
Thank you so much! Like Heather i’m recently separated and sooo did not want to call my ex but I had no one to ask. It was the Sunday of a holiday weekend, no spare cash to call out a mechanic and I was so worried about how I was going to get it fixed. Thanks again :)
Thanks a million!!! I did not Know what to do.
Thank you so much! You have saved me a lot of stress and worry. THANK YOU!!!!
1994 Plymouth grand voyger, I tried all that and the door finally closed (thank you), but the light is still on, any advice anyone?
Thank you! I had no idea it was that simple to fix my door problem. Thank God I read this! YOU are my HERO!!!!
Thanks for this posting – your tip worked wonders on my Chevy S10 pickup truck! Both door latches were somehow tripped (OK, I tripped the other one when I was trying to figure out how they worked!) and when I took it to a mechanic to see about an easy fix he said he would look at it tomorrow! After a rather comical drive home with the doors (ill-)secured with bungee cords I found your posting and it worked perfectly! Saved me much time, money, frustration and having to leave the truck out overnight with the doors open – Thanks!
Thanks so much! I really appreciate it. Mine got stuck in this position thanks to a mechanically-curious little boy who wanted to find out what happens when you play with that latch. Anyway, I fooled around with it for about 10 minutes, even pushed it back slightly further, unfortunately. Then I decided to give in to google and it was the first result listed. Thanks again James…was able to have the curious little boy help me fix it in under a minute.
Thank you soooooo much. You saved me so much stress!
I tried your tip and it took less then 5 seconds to fix it!!! You are the ONLY one online that had the right solution!!! Thanks A Million!!!!
I sent your solution to my wife and she was able to fix it in no time…Thanks for the info.
Omg thank you soo much!!!!!This HELPED ALOT,especially,because it was 10:25pm at night!
Dear James,
Thank you so much for.your tip. You totally rule. I am recently separated my husband used to be the handy man to fix everything. He has now gone crazy and I can’t call him for help. When that door would not shut I felt panicked like what am I going to do I wanted.to call my ex, I took a deep breath looked up car door won’t shut and there you were. I felt so freaking empowered when that door shut I laughed. I don’t need no stinkin man. Just the advice of a nice guy named James.
Thanks so much,
Heather
Hi James:
I can’t seem to get the door to latch and stay latched. I already do this and I think it’s the part the door latches to. But I don’t know what it’s called. I tried to look it up on car parts places and can’t seem to do any successful searches.
A friend told me I may be able to find the part at the junk yard. But I’d like a newer one. I have a 1997 Mercury CougarXR7, I am also missing a driver’s door handle. I called Mercury and they quoted me 189.00 just for the plastic handle. I suspect the part the handle was attached to is too rusted out. If I turn that latch or clasp or catch whatever you call it, I have to keep tightening it . It too seems stripped and rusty. I think it’s hitting it and causing the problem because if I don’t do this before I fix it the way you and my son suggested, it takes me almost 15 to 20 minutes every time it won’t shut. It is also happening two to three times a day, what a pain in the neck it is, literally.
Could you tell me what that part is actually called? I tried typing in catch, latch, clasp but I guess they have another name for that part. I may be better off getting a whole door from a junk yard, if it’s going to be cheaper. I have put a rebuilt transmission in it, a new radiator, a new fuel pump, new control arms and bushings, I repaired the top and bottom ball joints recently, and the brakes. The car only has 112000 miles on it. and I can’t see junking it, what with all the money I plunked into it. I need to get this fixed as soon as possible. If anyone has suggestions, I’d love to hear them!
Thank you in advance!
sir, you’ve saved my life today! i bought a brand new car and then had this issue, fixed it in no time. thanks!!!
thank you internet…. thank you God… and thank you man….
YIPPEEEEE…. I can not believe i found this.. i have been getting very angry trying to push the latch and it wouldn’t move anywhere.. eventually i gave up and then thought I might check the net and then found this! Amazing! So simple and has made me very very happy! haha.. Thanks!!!
holy smoke, thank you so much!!!!!!!!! i was so worried about not being able to fix it. yet it was that simple! ahh. thank you !
Allow me to add my thanks for your initial post to all the others here that are singing your praises! I, like so many others, knew that there was a simple fix and that you needed to manipulate the door latch. After spending a hot, frustrating hour trying to get the latch to “release” I found your post and pulling on the door handle WHILE pushing on the latch made all the difference. It’s amazing how much easier things are when you have all the information! Thanks again for saving so many people money, time and headaches!
Ohhhh thank you so much, been working on the window regulator forever, finally got it straightened out so the window works, and THEN the door latch sticks closed!!! I swear–your article should be the first one on the list!
Thank you!!!!!! My car door wouldn’t shut at all last night during a terrible rain storm. I tried this technique and it worked without a hitch. I can hear the rain starting up again, and now I know my seats aren’t getting wet. Thank you!
ZOMG! James… you, sir, are like… I could compare you to Jesus right now! I was expecting to look up what broke, then how to dismantle my car door, then where to order a replacement, and have to put in all this work to fix my freakin’ door… but, after reading this, I just ran outside, in sub-freezing temperatures, in my underwear of all things, and was back inside my nice warm house in less than 1 minute! So easy! I’d give you a tip for providing the info, but… I see no tipjar on this page… you, sir, are amazing!
You are my HERO…. I just drove 30 mins holding the damn door closed just to get home!! sat in my driveway for 30 mins fiddeling with the door thinking how to take it apart. When I googled i came across your site. I was skeptical that it was such and easy fix, well 2 mins later my van door is staying closed!!! THANK YOU!
THANKS !!!! I read your solution and had it working ( correctly ) in 2 minutes.
Wow, this was AMAZING help…I am so relieved that I googled and stumbled on to this!!!
Thank you so very much for this help I was going crazy .Ready to take the car to the junkyard for dead. But know the doors open and hay for me.
Thank you! I was stressing out when it wouldn’t close. For anyone who wasn’t 100% what the instructions meant like I was, you hold the door handle open and push on the metal part you can see in the hole in the picture with a screwdriver towards the outside of the door. It should move when it is working.
thankz man, just fixed min this mornig
I had this happen to me when I left my car to get an oil change. The mechanic showed me how easy it was. Two years later, it happened again, but I couldn’t remember specifically how to fix it (I kept saying to myself “I know its really easy to fix…”) Thanks for this article!
I’ve been designing automotive door latch systems for the past 16 years for various OEMs and suppliers. If I had to hazard a guess it sounds like either someone bumped the catch (the hook-like part that wraps around the door striker) cleaning the door, or it it keeps happening, possibly there is a broken spring on the catch that does not keep it in position when the door handle is held open on opening the door. If there is a lot of looseness in the door hinges (the door can move up and down near the latch) this can compound the problem by allowing the striker to hit the catch and push it closed before it actually enters the catch opening. Certainly it is possible dirt or ice can inhibit free movement of the catch and cause this condition as well.
My advice would be that after you apply James’s suggestion, you close the catch with the screwdriver and open again with the handle (doesn’t matter inside or outside as long as the door is unlocked) several times and make sure the catch fully opens on its own. In some cars you may have to apply a little force to the catch to get it moving, but after initial movement it should fully open. In some cases repeated movement will loosen it up even if it is initially ‘sticky’. If not you can try to apply lubricant. DO NOT USE WD40 as it is a solvent and will remove the grease that the manufacturer put in there that is supposed to last the life of the product. Also it may not be compatible with the bumper materials inside the latch. I would recommend using a lithium based grease of the type used by dealerships to lubricate locks, latches and hinges. If that doesn’t work you should probably replace the latch with a new one.
Thanks so much. Today I had both driver and passenger side doors lock up on my van and what makes it worse is that we are expecting rain tomorrow! After scouring the web I came across your website and tried the solution you gave. It worked beautifully! Thanks again!
Thank you soooooo much, I had my car simonized and the alarm kept saying the door was still open but it wasn’t. Couldn’t lock nor would the lights go out. Than I played with it and could not shut the door at all – your solution fixed both. Figure the oil from the cleaning prevented the door sensor from going off then I made it worse. Your explanation and a cleaning away of some the oil/wax fixed the entire problem. AGAIN, thanks!!!
I tried the solution but I broke the pen inside the hole and closed the door to see if it worked. It shut but now can’t get it to open. It was dark out, will try in the am to open it. I should have used the screwdriver. Any advice before i go to the car repair shop ?
Thanks
thanks thanks thanks worked in 5 seconds so easy, I know my cars and thought I was going to have to take my (baby) pontiac gto to the shop to look stupid so once again thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you!! I woke up this morning to a car door that wouldn’t shut and visions of an exorbitant auto repair bill dancing in my head. You saved the day.
I want to try this but not sure of what the instruction means!
1. “…pull on the door handle”
Q. Does it mean – the outside handle?
2. “while pulling, move the latch to it’s original position”
How does one move the latch?
3. “you’ll see a hole – simply stick a screwdriver or pen in there and pull forward”
How is it possible to pull a hole? Is there a screw inside the hole that needs to be undone, i.e., “pull forward” ?
Please help!
Funny, today I hop in the drivers seat, the daughter hops in the passenger side seat and we try to close the doors and neither will shut! We kept trying to shut it over and over but no luck. I turned the car off, started it again, put it in drive so the doors would try their automatic lock thing but that didn’t work. We were dumbfounded! Finally, manually pushing and pulling on the lock knob (not using the power locks) helped to close the doors half way, I put it in drive again, they locked this time but the Driver Information Centre reads “doors are ajar”. 15 minutes into fiddling around with the locks manually, and opening and closing the doors they finally shut. I didn’t have access to this sight for the quick fix here but will try it for sure if the problem arises again. I wonder if it had anything to do with the -7*F weather or the aftermarket car starter that’s hooked up to the automatic locks on the car… ? Because both doors? really? at the same time? seems extremely weird to me and sounds like some electronic issue…
Thank you! My woman called me in distress about her door not being able to close. Me, being Mr Fix-it, checked it out for about 15 minutes but to no avail. So I do what I always do when I can’t figure things out; I Googled it. After reading your article, it took me all of “1 minute” to fix it. My woman thinks I’m a genius! Thanks again!
Omg what a life saver I was for sure this was gonna be an arm n a leg to fix…thanks to Google and u I’m good to go….thanks so much!!!
So glad I googled before going to the car dealership! This solved my problem! Another big THANK YOU!
Thanking God right now for google!!! Thank you Thank you Thank you for this info, it worked like a charm!!
James,
I tried your method and it worked, just as you said. I also want to add that I saturated the latch mechanism with WD40.
I’m grateful for your advice, because who knows how much a body shop would’ve charged. Thanks again!
Mark B.
Worked!!! Thank you so much. Drove home with one hand holding the door shut and one hand on the wheel. I was in a panic–but the fix was so simple!
Thank you SO much. I was about to depart on a 700 mile trip when my door wouldn’t close. You’re a lifesaver! God bless you.
OMG!!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE MY HERO. I am in the snowy Smithtown LI New York i’m a high heel sexy Diva who don’t know how to deal with a big GMC truck. except to drive the hell out of it on the highway. So when my door wouldn’t close when i only opened it to put something in the back sit and i had a screaming man block in his driveway running late for his daughters sweet 16. I was freaking out thanks to my buddy girlfriend she held the door closed for 30 mins on the highway for me but she had to go home so then i googled and found you THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH. I fixed it yaaaaaa!!! 4am in the morning.
Thank you so much for publishing this clear and easy solution! I’m so relieved that your website came up first. You saved this young man from losing his mind on a frigid winter’s night!
What an excellent idea for testing the honesty of the mechanic! You could even mark the parts that they might say they replaced to tell if they really did anything!
Glad it helped!
I join the others in saying a big “thank you!”. The last time this happened, our “trusty” mechanic sent us to a body shop where they “fixed the problem”. I suspect a kickback to the mechanic and a good laugh at our expense (in both senses of the term.) I may use this in the future to test the honesty of a mechanic: call and describe the problem and see what they say. Again, thank you.
Thanks for providing this free advice, I just tried this trick and it worked. You saved me a lot of guesswork, thank you!
Thanks so much because I thought I was going to be stuck in the house for NEW YEARS EVE!!!
THank you so much for this advice. My husband was just slamming the door over and over trying to get it to close. Finally I decided to come and look on the internet for some advice and I found your advice. I grabbed my screwdriver and pushed him aside and he watched in amazement that I fixed something he couldn’t. LOL!
Thank you for posting this. Worked and saved me the embarrassment of having to call someone to help!
Thank you so much for your advice it worked like a charm! : ) I believe the cold must of played a part in this problem cause ive never had an issue before. I bought my 2008 Ford Focus brand new and this is the 1st problem ive ever had. thanks again.
Still didn’t work….thanks for the idea though….anyone else have any suggestions?
Thank you so much for this solution I seriously didn’t think it would work. It did! After reading umpteen (that’s like a gazillion:D) online help sections this was the one that worked…the pic really helped. Anyhoo, as for the cause, I am 99.9% sure the freezing cold weather made mine stick.
Tootles
i tried but its still jammed….its like the catch is stuck down can anybody give me any advise…i cant go anywhere as the car door is stuck open!?
Perfect….thought I had to replace, now it works great. thanks.
Tried figuring this out for an hour before finding this website. It took about 10 seconds to fix once I found your advice. Thanks so much.
Door would not close on my 94 exporer. I found this website and fixed it in the dark with only a mini flashlight and a screwdriver. i feel like Superwoman. I love when I can fix things myself. What a feeling of power.
Thank you so much…..
THANK YOU! I was up at 2:30 a.m. to go shopping on Black Friday and couldn’t leave because my door wouldn’t close. I was seriously upset as I had a whole day of plans and the car repair place wouldn’t even open until 7:00 a.m., not to mention how much it would have cut into my shopping money. The turn signal light flashes to let you know that the door is open so tying the door shut was not an option. I would have had a dead battery. Thank you again, you saved my day!
Susan
Another crisis averted! Instead of having to leave my car doors wide open over the holiday, I can go home and enjoy time with my family worry free! Thanks James Maurer! You saved Thanksgiving!
This is an old but proven method. It has worked on all sorts of cars that I know of, back to the 50′s. As for the cause, it usually results from a bad temper close. The person is so angry that they swing the door with excessive force. The door hits the strike so hard and so fast that by the time the latch closes the door already bounced away from the car. For some reason this usually happen on the passenger side. I guess they didn’t like the ride. Ha ha ha.
OMG!! it worked! I thought it wasn’t gonna work on my car but it did. It saved me from unhooking the battery so i could start it in the morning and leave the door open at night. Then in the morning try to fix it a little the take 3 different kids to school and tying the door shut if it didn’t work. Thank You!
THANK YOU!! I had to have my daughters hold the door shut to and from school so we wouldnt be late when the door didnt close!! I went on the drivers side and inspected it, kinda moved it around a little and got both doors stuck!! Such a lifesaver!!
That was easy! Thank you!
Thats awesome i just spent a good 30min thinking it was def. Broke. And in 30 sec it was fixed! Thanks so much :)
helped me move my latch, but now my latch just wont…latch….don’t know what to do. anyone else having this problem?
THANK GOD! I actually hit a gas pump pulling out of a gas station when my door flug open while I was driving! Im going to try this in the morning, FEWF! =)
thank you so very much. this happened to my gf car and she was just screaming and crying at me and i had know idea how 2 fix it. 2 hours of the screaming and crying i decided to look on the internet thank u so much
You are welcome! and I’m glad it’s helped saved you from going into the shop – pass along the love…
THANK YOU!!!!
Thank you very much!!!!!!
I am so glad that I found this tips…..!!!!
The dealer want me to bring the car in.
Luckily I found this info… and Wolla….!
Safe alot of money!
Thank you!!!!
I need to try this, I have an 84 300zx Turbo and it has a voice warning system that tells you when the door is open and the engine is running(and when your fuel is low or headlights are on), and every time I go over a bump, the door moves and sets off the warning…over EVERY bump.
i have my fiance outside trying this right now!!!!!! oh i hope i get the same results as everyone else!!!
Hi Sarah,
Glad you and other found it useful!
As for the cause? Not a clue!
Jim
oh my good god! thank goodness for your website, spent ages trying to fix it,,, then decided we would have to scrap our transit van (as it was old anyway but still very reliable ) and for some strange and very bizarre reason both doors jammed at the same time! as a last resort i tapped in car door not closing and there was your picture and explanation ! so, thank you sooooo much, and now to be really cheeky, ,,, any idea what the heck caused it ???? thanks , a very grateful Sarah x
Thanks buddy..worked like a charm
God Bless You! Thought I had broken my door for sure! Quick and easy fix saved the day and made me feel not quite so stupid!
I also had that problem on a ’77 Sunbird I owned 20 years ago. The guy I sold it to fixed it by lubing the latch mechanism.
Brilliant thanks very much!!!!…….
Thanks. After 30 mad minutes I found your solution. Worked like a charm.
Worked like a charm man, thanks for the solution, saved me from replacing the hatches!